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James VI and I (James Charles Stuart; 19 June 1566 – 27 March 1625) was King of Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 and King of England and Ireland as James I from the union of the Scottish and English crowns on 24 March 1603 until his death in 1625.
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James VI and I (19 June 1566 – 27 March 1625) was King of Scotland as James VI, and King of England and King of Ireland as James I. He was the first monarch to be called the king of Great Britain. He ruled in Scotland as James VI from 24 July 1567 until his death and he ruled in England and Scotland from 24 March 1603 until his death.
- 25 July 1603
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- 24 March 1603 – 27 March 1625
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Insinuations about James's sexual acts with other men followed him throughout his life.: 541 Some of these comments on James's sex life are coloured by various prejudices, and some are part of a literary convention attacking opponents by attributing evils to them; but, according to historian Michael B. Young, while any given comment on James and hi...
Wife: Anne of Denmark
James married Anne of Denmark in 1589 to establish a strong Protestant alliance in Continental Europe, a policy he continued by marrying his daughter to the future King of Bohemia. James was initially said to be infatuated with his wife and gallantly crossed the North Sea with a royal retinue to collect her after Anne's initial efforts to sail to England were thwarted by storms.: 24 Some years passed after the marriage before James and Anne's first child, Prince Henry, was born in 1594. In Ju...
'Mistress': Anne Murray
There is little evidence of a relationship between James and Anne Murray, later Lady Glamis. The evidence comprises a letter, dated 10 May 1595, to Lord Burghley, in which Sir John Carey wrote of a "fair mistress Anne Murray, the king's mistress", and a poem composed by James entitled A Dream on his Mistress my Ladie Glammes, which is thought to be about Murray, in which James calls Glamis "my mistress and my love".: 24 Anne was the daughter of John Murray, 1st Earl of Tullibardine, master of...
Esmé Stewart, 1st Duke of Lennox
At the age of 13, James made his formal entry into Edinburgh. Upon arriving he met his first cousin, the Franco-Scottish lord Esmé Stewart, about 24 years older than James,: 541 whom the Puritan leader Sir James Melville described as "of nature, upright, just, and gentle". Having arrived from France, Stewart was an exotic visitor who fascinated the young James. The two became extremely close and it was said by an English observer that "from the time he was 14 years old and no more, that is, w...
Richard Preston, 1st Earl of Desmond
Richard was born the third son of Richard Preston of Whitehill in Midlothian, near Edinburgh. His family was gentry of the Edinburgh area and owned Craigmillar Castlein the late 16th and early 17th century. His family placed Richard (the younger) as a page at the King's court in Edinburgh where he is mentioned in that capacity in 1591. Richard, the page, gained the king's special favour in the 1580s or 1590s after Lennox's departure. When James acceded the English throne as James I in 1603, R...
Robert Carr, 1st Earl of Somerset
A few years later after the controversy over his relationship with Lennox faded away he began a relationship with Robert Carr.: 386 In 1607, at a royal jousting contest, the 20-year-old Carr, the son of Sir Thomas Carr or Kerr of Ferniehirst, was knocked from a horse and broke his leg. According to Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk, James fell in love with the young man, and as the years progressed showered Carr with gifts. James was 20 years older than Carr.: 541 Carr was made a gentleman o...
Há 1 dia · Learn about the life and achievements of James VI and I, the only son of Mary, Queen of Scots and Lord Darnley, who became King of Scots and England in 1587. Find out how he ruled Scotland with a firm hand, reconciled the nobles, and faced challenges from Protestants and Catholics.
James VI and I (1566–1625) wearing the Three Brothers jewel The Duke of Buckingham was involved in disagreements about medical interventions. James VI and I (1566–1625), King of England, Scotland, and Ireland, died on 27 March 1625 at Theobalds, and was buried at Westminster Abbey on 7 May 1625.
Há 6 dias · James I (born June 19, 1566, Edinburgh Castle, Edinburgh, Scotland—died March 27, 1625, Theobalds, Hertfordshire, England) was the king of Scotland (as James VI) from 1567 to 1625 and first Stuart king of England from 1603 to 1625, who styled himself “king of Great Britain.”